Sewing, blogging, and creative business.
I’m very excited to have finished this patchwork Progress Pride Flag quilt. The pattern is by Bobbie Gentili from Geeky Bobbin. All of the fabrics are scraps from my stash.
This was a fun project and the finished quilt is really bright and colorful. As part of this process, I also enjoyed learning more about how the design of the Progress Pride flag came to be.
For today's post in my series focusing on turning sewing into a viable career I want to talk about teaching. Before I had children and started sewing softies all the time I was a teacher. I worked in education for six years all together: two as a Teach For America corps member teaching middle schoolRead More →
The idea of making an octopus crossed my mind on Saturday and I quickly became totally obsessed. Once I start down a softie-making road, there is no turning back! And so today I have a new pattern in my Craftsy pattern store! A fleece octopus that is fun to sew and fun to hug! I'veRead More →
The idea of making an octopus crossed my mind on Saturday and I quickly became totally obsessed. Once I start down a softie-making road, there is no turning back! And so today I have a new pattern in my Craftsy pattern store! A fleece octopus that is fun to sew and fun to hug! I'veRead More →
Send me a drawing made by a special child in your life and I will create a custom softie for you! This is a project 've been planning for many months and I'm really pleased to say that today the listings are live! I'm only going to take a few at a time (there areRead More →
For this installment of my series about turning your love of sewing softies into a career I want to talk about contributing projects to sewing books. Over the last few years I have been asked by editors at many different publishing houses to contribute to collective books that feature projects by many different sewists. JustRead More →
I’m working on some fleece sea creatures. This shark, with his big open mouth full of felt teeth, is the first one. Simon is in love with him. And I have to say softies sewn from fleece are so soft! I left this guy squishy so he is awfully huggable, despite his fierce appearance.
For today’s installment of my series on how to turn your love of sewing softies into a career that actually earns you an income I want to explore selling printed patterns through wholesale distributors. Okay, what does that mean exactly? Have you ever walked into your local fabric store or quilt shop and seen aRead More →
I'm really excited to finally have a pattern available for instant download! It was one of my goals for 2012 to begin to sell digital patterns and I'm so happy that the plush rubber duck got to go first. He's a cutie pie and I hope you'll love making him! In the pattern you getRead More →
I was giving Josephine a bath the other night and while we were playing with rubber duckies in the bubbles it occured to me that I should make a plush rubber duck. I did a quick search and it seems that there aren't very many plush rubber ducks around, but I think there should be!Read More →
The book is almost done. It really is. I’m writing the 16th pattern now, editing the manuscript, taking the photos for the front section, and tying up loose ends. But I can see the light and the light looks amazing! Writing a craft book while maintaining a craft blog is challenging because everything has toRead More →